| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrei Cristea | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bacău, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Popești-Leordeni (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | FCM Bacău | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | FCM Bacău | 35 | (7) |
| 2004–2006 | Steaua București | 52 | (10) |
| 2006–2008 | Politehnica Timișoara | 35 | (6) |
| 2008 | → Politehnica Iași (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2008–2010 | Dinamo București | 50 | (23) |
| 2009 | → Politehnica Iași (loan) | 15 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | (6) |
| 2012–2013 | Dinamo București | 19 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Brașov | 29 | (8) |
| 2014 | Gabala | 9 | (0) |
| 2015 | Salernitana | 9 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Martina Franca | 16 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | Politehnica Iași | 103 | (33) |
| 2019 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Politehnica Iași | 49 | (14) |
| 2021–2022 | Mioveni | 13 | (3) |
| Total | 466 | (130) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2006 | Romania U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2003–2010 | Romania | 10 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021 | Politehnica Iași (player-manager) | ||
| 2022–2023 | ACS FC Dinamo București | ||
| 2023 | Înainte Modelu | ||
| 2023– | Popești-Leordeni | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:27, 13 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 May 2016 | |||
Andrei Cristea (Romanian pronunciation: [anˈdrej ˈkriste̯a]; born 15 May 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.[1]
Although deployed as a forward, Cristea was better known for his pace and his range of passing instead of his goalscoring abilities, and represented the Romania national team from 2003 to 2010.[2]